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Re: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal
Just purchased new truck and fifth wheel, weighed them today: 08 Ford F-350 6.4 PSD Super Duty 4x2, 4.30 axle ratio DRW, Boss tow pakgage...GVWR-13'000, GCVWR-26,000, GAWR-9,000 and fifth wheel tow rating 18,300 08 Seville (4 slides) VF35CK actual length 37'2". Book weight..11,269, hitch pin weight 2290, cargo capacity 4,329 CAT Scale: truck with Me (208lbs) the wife (130), full tank of fuel, fifth wheel hitch and 100 lbs of stuff: steer axle: 4,820, Drive axle: 3,920, total: 8,740 Truck, same loading with fifth wheel (dry with a couple hundred pounds of stuff) hooked up: steer axle; 4,900, drive axle; 6700, trailer axle; 9860...total combined 21460. I figure my king pin weight at around 2,780 and trailer wieght (dry) 12,600, king pin weight about 21%. Just a note for information, the book says camper dry weight 11,269 and hitch weight 2,290....big difference then actual. Photo of truck and camper in profile. Should be fulltimers early next year342Views0likes0Comments
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